Rainer Frimmel

Rainer Frimmel (2013)

Rainer Frimmel (* 1971 in Vienna ) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Rainer Frimmel attended the College for Photography from 1992 to 1994 and in 1995 the course for camera assistance at the Graphic School in Vienna . For his photographic work he received scholarships abroad in Rome, Paris and New York. He has been working with Tizza Covi on projects in the fields of photography, theater and film since 1996, and in 2002 the two founded the film production company Vento Film . In 2001 they published Das ist alles, the first joint documentary, followed by the documentary Babooska in 2005 . The first jointly produced feature film La Pivellina (2009, also Die Kleine ) received multiple awards, including the Austrian contribution to the Oscar nominations in the category of best foreign language film for the 2011 Academy Awards . Five of the films published together ( Das ist alles , Babooska , La Pivellina , Der Glanz des Tages and Mister Universo ) were released on DVD as part of the Edition Austrian Film by Hoanzl and the Standard .

His documentary Recordings from the Underworld (again together with Tizza Covi) premiered in February at the Berlinale 2020 in the Panorama Documents section . As part of the Romy Awards 2020 , he was awarded for this film in the categories of Best Cinema Documentary and Best Cinema Production .

Filmography (selection)

1997: Che bella è la vita (short film: director)
1997: Austria in autumn 1995 (short film: camera)
1998: Vienna: Seven Scenes (Director)
2001: That's all (documentary: director, screenplay, camera)
2002: Recordings from the basement (director)
2005: Babooska (documentary: director, screenplay, camera, production)
2009: La Pivellina (director, camera, production)
2012: The Shine of the Day (director, screenplay, camera)
2014: The photographer in front of the camera (documentary: director, screenplay, camera)
2016: Mister Universo (director, camera, production)
2020: Recordings from the Underworld (Documentary: Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Production)

Awards and nominations (selection)

For Babooska (2005):
- 2006: Berlin International Film Festival 2006 - Wolfgang Staudte Prize
- 2006: Diagonale - Best Austrian Documentary Film

For La Pivellina (2009):
- 2009: Cannes International Film Festival 2009 - Quinzaine des réalisateurs - Europa Cinemas Prize
- 2009: Molodist - Grand Prix winner
- 2010: Diagonale - Best Austrian feature film
- 2010: Independent FilmFest Osnabrück - Ernst Weber Film Prize
- 2011: Austrian Film Award 2011 - nomination in the category Best Director

For The Shine of the Day (2012):
- 2013: Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award - Appreciation Award
- 2013: Diagonale - Best Austrian feature film
- 2013: Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize - Max Ophüls Prize

For records from the underworld (2020):
2020: Romy Awards 2020 - Award in the categories of best cinema documentary and best film production

Other:
- 2007: Austrian Award for Film Art
- 2013: Austrian Art Prize for Film

Web links

Commons : Rainer Frimmel - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ dok.at | Rainer Frimmel . Retrieved December 2, 2017.
↑ Notes from the Underworld. In: berlinale.de. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Christoph Silber: ROMY Academy chooses winners: androids, underworlders and drug dealers. In: Kurier.at . May 19, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Frimmel, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[dok-1] dok.at | Rainer Frimmel . Retrieved December 2, 2017.

[2] Notes from the Underworld. In: berlinale.de. Accessed February 16, 2020 .

[kurier400846058-3] Christoph Silber: ROMY Academy chooses winners: androids, underworlders and drug dealers. In: Kurier.at . May 19, 2020, accessed May 19, 2020 .